ININDIANAPOLIS – Freshman Joe Burkinshaw of the Shepherd University men’s golf team is one of 32 individual student-athletes selected to participate in regional competition of the 2014 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championships. Burkinshaw will compete at regional competition on May 5-7 at the Edgewood Country Club in Charleston, West Virginia.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Shepherd splits

WHEELING Shepherd split with Wheeling Jesuit in a Mountain East Conference doubleheader. Shepherd gained a 16-6 win in Game 1, while Wheeling Jesuit earned a 5-4 victory in the nightcap.

Shepherd rapped 14 hits and scored nine runs in the final two innings en route to the opening-game win.

Savannah Snyder had a three-run double to key a four-run sixth, while Alexandra Witt smacked a two-run single to key a five-run seventh inning.

Kass Taylor and Snyder each went 2 for-5 and drove in four runs. Witt added a 3 for 4 effort with four runs scored and two RBI.